It’s not that there’s even remotely any particular reason for everyone to think she likes muffins so much; rather, it’s more that many people simply like the idea. Consequently, it becomes a “thing.” :3

Actually, it’s Ascended Fanon now, as the writers have actually done such things as putting muffin prints on some of the clothing she wears in the show.

And Joural, there are /lots/ of protrayals of everything in between. Personally, I prefer one where she’s a regular person who is simply very clumsy and/or has messed up vision.
The fic “Shipping and Handling” pulls it off fairly well.

And pony fans do that sort of thing with background characters /all the time/.

I have a problem with a very, very few of them, but derpy bugs me because she appears to suffer from a real disability, one which is not, in fact, mental in nature. If she has said disability, she suffers from- random bouts of inability to control the directionality of one eye, causing a loss in coordination and depth perception, which could easily cause many of her mishaps without resorting to her being stupid. Make her silly, occasionally wrong headed, sure, but straight up mentally disabled? Crossing a line.

Ummm I reeeeeally don’t think that’s what people think of Derpy…I only see her as being a bit clumsy but so cute! And so what if people make her like muffins? I think you suffer from over-reaction syndrome.

They can give people headaches even when they’re adult. I always play with the 3D off for that reason. They tried it before with the VirtuaBoy and that was the biggest complaint (of a few, all justified) it received.

Excuse me, but I think whatever game Glitch was playing made him derp.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3Ds
“the American Optometric Association has assured parents that 3D gaming in moderation would not be harmful for children.”
Infact, if you continue reading, it HELPS his eyes…Silly fairy, you can also turn 3D OFF.

I LOVE IT! Muffins! “So one time i was at the bakery and i saw a huge Muffin! and said ‘MUFFIN’ and i ate it really really fast, and the muffin man was all like “Oh my god are you alright” and i was like “*HACK HACK*” ’cause i was coughing, and he hugged me really hard and said “Are you alright?” and i saw the muffin again and i said “MUFFIN” so i ate it really really fast again and he said “Oh my god why did you do that?” and i was like “*HACK HACK*” ’cause i was coughing again and then-“…. yeah i know it….

I just want to say that I love your comics <3 They are helping me get through a really tough time at the moment. We had to put my kitty, that I've had since I was six, down the other day. 17 years old, but he was still my kitten. He used to sit on my lap and watch the screen when I was playing video games, so he was kind of a gamer cat. Lol. Please don't stop making these comics, they make me smile :)

Thanks for this, I loved it. I thought, “Gah! Get out of my head!” I was Link for Halloween, constantly annoy my husband by saying “Hey! Listen!”, am the biggest advocate of the 3DS (and Pokemon), a huge Pony fan (girl, there are girl fans contrary to popular belief), and have the most sassy black cat with a red collar. I’m glad the pony site EQD posted a link to this. I enjoyed every single comic in the archive. I sent the DDR comic to my husband, he sent it to his computer lab staff, and Gangnam videos occurred. Joy for everyone! ^_^

I love this comic and the last panel was wonderful, however I….dont see how people automatically assume its a MLP reference (yes Im a brony) Derp has been around WAAAAY before Derpy and seeing as the derp face with mismatched eyes was before derpy. Also I would see it as a more “causing eye/mental problems” derp. Also seeing as derpy in MLP has never been mentioned ot have any problem whatsoever. Basically “derp” is a tag applied to anything that looks goofy/stupid . And if you search “Derp” (not derpy) on an image search you will immediately get more memes of the derp face and photoshopped pcs…or non-photoshopped than of Ms Hooves. And no, I dont hate derpy or anyone who posted their love for the character. Just the rapid ascension of assumption is a bit jarring

And you can assume everyoen associates derp with derpy because not everyone is that into the show and even people who are into the show dont know every facet of the fandom…I sure as heck dont o.o and I dont want to try cause I dont have an infinite amount of time for every outside-inside joke…not that I dont like it…but yowza its just ALOT

Actually, people are seeing a Derpy Hooves reference because of the muffins comment. “Muffins,” was one of Derpy’s only spoken lines before she got that brief feature in the beginning of one of the episodes.

Ah, ‘lright then, thank you. Thats a storied background for a character though. (Derpy Hooves) So much damage control done by the studio then reverse damage control. I honestly think her popularity stemmed from the fact that she was whittled down alot after initial release for re-airs. Thats very understandable. Nothing piques curiosity and garners want more than removal of something from the original version. I mean, lets say the original cut was kept in tact. Would she be as massively popular? I don’t think so. Liked character, yes, but not so much to the status as she is now. In fact, she has become a where’s waldo/wally. Not trying to cause a ruckus, but I dont know if giving her anymore show exposure would be good. Sometimes that works but on the other side, keeping fan loved minor characters as easter eggs and small parts keeps their fans going. As the saying goes “less is more”. Anyway, its a huge chunk of irony that because of the decision to ‘nerf’ a character, that character has become bigger outside of the show than she is inside of the show. But only so after said nerfing………..um ive rambled… Well this skunkfox/skox bows to your comic and always checks for updates and if it wasnt said before, if it is a MLP refernce, fine by me. This comic is what all true warriors strive foar